Shloka 5
Parīkṣit’s Comprehensive Inquiries and the Bhāgavata as Śabda-avatāra
प्रविष्ट: कर्णरन्ध्रेण स्वानां भावसरोरुहम् । धुनोति शमलं कृष्ण: सलिलस्य यथा शरत् ॥ ५ ॥
praviṣṭaḥ karṇa-randhreṇa svānāṁ bhāva-saroruham dhunoti śamalaṁ kṛṣṇaḥ salilasya yathā śarat
သရီမဒ်-ဘာဂဝတမ် ဟူသော ကృష్ణ၏ အသံအဝတားသည် နားပေါက်မှတစ်ဆင့် ဝင်ရောက်၍ ဘက္တ၏ နှလုံးထဲရှိ ချစ်ခြင်း-ဘာဝ ပန်းကန်ပေါ်၌ တည်နေပြီး၊ ကာမ၊ က্ৰෝဓ၊ လောဘ စသည့် မလင်ကို ရာသီဥတု (ရှရတ်) ရေက ကညစ်ရေကန်ကို သန့်စင်သကဲ့သို့ ဖယ်ရှားပေးသည်။
It is said that a single pure devotee of the Lord can deliver all the fallen souls of the world. Thus one who is actually in the confidence of a pure devotee like Nārada or Śukadeva Gosvāmī and thus is empowered by one’s spiritual master, as Nārada was by Brahmājī, can not only deliver himself from the clutches of māyā, or illusion, but can deliver the whole world by his pure and empowered devotional strength. The comparison to the autumnal rain that falls on muddy reservoirs of water is very appropriate. During the rainy season, all the waters of the rivers become muddy, but in the month of July-August, the autumn season, when there is a slight rainfall, the muddy waters of the rivers all over the world become at once clear. By addition of some chemical, a small reservoir of water like that of a metropolitan waterworks tank can be cleared, but by such a tiny effort it is not possible to clear up all the reservoirs of water like the rivers. A powerful pure devotee of the Lord, however, can deliver not only his personal self but also many others in his association.
FAQs
This verse says that when Kṛṣṇa’s message enters through the ear, it reaches the heart-lotus of the devotee and drives away contamination, like autumn making water clear.
Because the Bhagavatam teaches that śravaṇam is a direct bhakti process: by attentive hearing, Kṛṣṇa becomes present in consciousness and removes inner impurities without separate effort.
Make daily time for hearing—Bhagavatam recitation, lectures, or reading aloud—so the mind repeatedly receives Kṛṣṇa-kathā through the ear, gradually cleansing habits and distractions.